Visit of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) on October 4, 1955

Dr. Jean Filiozat, 1st Director of the IFP

Inauguration of NACLIN 2014 in the presence of former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, presenting at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on March 23, 2015, the Presidential Award of Certificate of Honour to Pandit S. Sambandan Sivacharya

This bilingual (French/English) CD-ROM, first shows Pondicherry from its origins to 1824, emphasizing on the dazzling expansion of this modest textile centre which became, for a short period, the capital of an empire in the first half of the 18th century, then on its slow death after its destruction by the British in 1761, thanks to magnificent watercolour plans and maps preserved in French archives. A second part is devoted to the evolution of Pondicherry from 1824 to the present day, and to the merging of a small colonial settlement to the Indian Union. This part is illustrated with old postcards and a mixture of recent and archival photographs. Keywords : India, Pondicherry, town planning, colonial heritage Product : CD-Rom, Online Application with small images